But the smithy looks to be on the other side of the road http://maps.nls.uk/view/103669231#zoom=5&lat=8057&lon=15536&layers=BT
Should the photo not be flipped given its age i.e. the print may be a mirror image?
S_L
P.s. not saying the location is right
Agree the photo should be flipped.
The two carts on the road in front of the smithy are driving on the wrong side of the road for the UK.
I still haven't a clue where the photo is - and the problem with Bolney (the place in the map linked to) is that the pub and smithy appear from the map to be on opposite sides of the road, rather than next to each other.
As for driving on the left - yes, it's the rule of the road, but on a quiet country road, even in a village, I can imagine that some people might not be too bothered about it (cf current speed limits and rules about using mobile phones while driving). So in itself, I'm not sure it's conclusive, but you've encouraged me to look at it again, both as is and flipped, and I do wonder if you might be right.
Look at the man leaning on the cone: I tend to lean on things with my non-dominant side, leaving the stronger arm free, so if I'm typical, and he's one of the right-handed majority, it needs to be flipped. I wonder too if flipping it makes his jacket and the pale one of the man in front of the pub button the correct way, but I haven't managed to get it quite clear enough.
Possibly more useful is the position of the driver of the cart/carriage, well over to one side. Does anyone know if there was a convention to sit on either the left or right?
Arthur
